Tangled in His Obsession (Seraphina)

Chapter 11

About two hours later, Seraphina found herself back at Leandro’s front door.

From the entrance, she could see the garage, and Leandro’s car seemed to be missing. Just as she was about to ring the doorbell, the door suddenly swung open from the inside.

Karan was slinging a big bag over her shoulder, yelling back into the house as she stepped out, “You stay put, no running around, got it? Your dad will be home tonight!”

Mid–sentence, she turned her head and saw Seraphina standing at the doorway, looking taken aback and then annoyed, “Didn’t you already take off? Why are you back here?”

“Karan, I think I left something here, so I came back,” Seraphina replied with a smile, then glanced at Karan’s bag. “You heading out?”

Karan grimaced, adjusting her bag and grunting in response.

Seraphina hesitated for a moment before asking, “Can I go in and look for my stuff?”

Looking like she was pressed for time, Karan shot her an irritable glance, “Just go in and find whatever you need, and leave as soon as possible! And don’t go chattering with Valerio, gol it?”

Seraphina nodded promptly, “Alright, got it. Take care, Karan!”

With that, Karan hurried off, looking like she was indeed in a rush.

the table, working on a pile of art supplies. He looked at her, obviously having heard her exchange

quickly looked down and started to

further, she took a symbolic stroll upstairs and was back down in no time. Despite having spent the night here, her recorder had always been in her bag, so if it had fallen out, it

with no choice but to wait for Leandro. But how would he

Valerio. He didn’t look at her but seemed to sense her approaching, his sketching grew even more frantic the closer she got.

Seraphina asked as she picked

for the child to create a family album with the help of their parents, featuring a family portrait and individual pages for each family member.

portrait four identical stick figures, big heads

But it seemed like a crucial person was missing. However, the rough sketching didn’t seem

Seraphina’s gaze, Valerio’s

lucky kid. I haven’t drawn for seven years, and now I’m picking up a pencil to help

to Valerio, picked up a pencil, and quickly sketched out Bruce and Gloria. When it came to drawing Leandro, she paused and handed the pencil to Valerio, “Would you like

Bruce and Gloria for a moment before accepting the pencil from her and

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resembled Leandro.

gaze and pointed to the last empty spot on the paper, “Now it’s time to draw yourself.”

in deep thought, but he didn’t make

the pencil from him, “Let

front of her. Valerio was truly beautiful, with flawless

to sketch with her long eyelashes casting a shadow on her cheeks.

said with a smile, “You’re such a looker, why are you so quiet? Girls your age aren’t usually into the silent type. How do you expect